<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 3:20 AM nIqolay Q <<a href="mailto:niqolay0@gmail.com">niqolay0@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div>On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 5:17 PM De'vID <<a href="mailto:de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com" target="_blank">de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>However, I can't think of what {rubyo'} can be a reference to, except for a very specific politician. Can anyone else have any ideas?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The <a href="https://www.kli.org/chabal-archive/politician/" target="_blank">original request</a> for the word "politician" wasn't entirely value-neutral: "A person who is professionally involved in the
politics. Also a derogatory term for a person who manipulates or pleases
others just to gain own advantage. For example Gowron is described as a
politician in DS9"</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">So it's possible Okrand was thinking more along the lines of the latter half of the request when thinking about specific politicians.<br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>Even then, what's the connection between Okrand and the U.S. Senator for Florida? If it were a reference to a real-life politician, I'd have expected something closer to home or with a personal connection to him. <div><br></div><div>Like with "Tikriti", I feel like it's a genuine coincidence: the story fits, but it just happens to fit by accident. I think the "Texas Tea" explanation is obviously right for {yItQet}, because his "coincidences'', when they are references and not wordplay, are most often about TV or film pop culture, and occasionally to people he knows in real life.<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">De'vID</div></div></div>